Kamala Harris calls for assault weapons ban after Buffalo and Texas shootings

US Vice President Kamala Harris called for a ban on assault weapons as mourners laid to rest the last of 10 Black people killed in a racist attack at a Buffalo supermarket on Saturday (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

US Vice President Kamala Harris called for a ban on assault weapons as mourners laid to rest the last of 10 black people killed in a racist attack at a Buffalo supermarket on Saturday.

The funeral for 86-year-old Ruth Whitfield — the oldest of the 10 people killed in the attack two weeks ago — included an impromptu speech by Ms Harris.